Craving Spiritual Milk
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. – 1 Peter 2:2-3
As we look at today’s key Scripture passage, we see there is an analogy of being a child and having a desire for spiritual milk. The Scripture says, “Like newborn babies.” There is an interesting word used here in this passage, and that word is, “brephos.” This Greek word was originally used to describe an unborn child. Over time, it began to describe an infant. Now it is used to describe a new follower of Jesus.
This new follower craves more of Jesus. In fact, that word for crave means “to long for intensely.” It means to stay hungry. If you are a follower of Jesus, the reason why you show up to church, read your Bible, and go to a small group is because you are spiritually hungry. You are hungry for more of Jesus. You are hungry for more encouragement. You are hungry for His presence in your life. You are hungry to sense His hand in your life. You are craving the new spiritual milk like a baby craves milk. That phrase “spiritual milk” is referring to the Word of God. The reason you are hungry for that spiritual milk is to grow up in your faith.
Sadly, many people today are not very mature in their faith, and they are drawn away into things that are not of God. They are drawn to emotionalism. They are drawn into believing things that are not even taught in Scripture because they are immature and don't know the Word of God.
Sadly, if I told some people to turn to the Book of “Hezekia” on a Sunday morning, they would turn to the Old Testament because it sounds like an Old Testament book. It is not even a book in the Bible! Many people haven't grown up spiritually. They might say, “I wasn't raised in the church.” Even if you were raised in the church, we all still need to grow up spiritually. And to do that, you must get into the Word of God.
God doesn't want you to remain as a baby. That is not God’s plan. God wants all of His children to mature and grow up in faith. He wants all of His children to move from eating apricot mash to T-bone steaks. But in order to experience that kind of growth and develop that kind of maturity, we need to read our Bibles, engage in Christian community, use our gifts and talents to serve others in the name of Jesus, and spend time in prayer, getting to know God on a deeper level. As we do these things on a regular basis, we will grow and mature in our walks with Jesus.
As we look at today’s key Scripture passage, we see there is an analogy of being a child and having a desire for spiritual milk. The Scripture says, “Like newborn babies.” There is an interesting word used here in this passage, and that word is, “brephos.” This Greek word was originally used to describe an unborn child. Over time, it began to describe an infant. Now it is used to describe a new follower of Jesus.
This new follower craves more of Jesus. In fact, that word for crave means “to long for intensely.” It means to stay hungry. If you are a follower of Jesus, the reason why you show up to church, read your Bible, and go to a small group is because you are spiritually hungry. You are hungry for more of Jesus. You are hungry for more encouragement. You are hungry for His presence in your life. You are hungry to sense His hand in your life. You are craving the new spiritual milk like a baby craves milk. That phrase “spiritual milk” is referring to the Word of God. The reason you are hungry for that spiritual milk is to grow up in your faith.
Sadly, many people today are not very mature in their faith, and they are drawn away into things that are not of God. They are drawn to emotionalism. They are drawn into believing things that are not even taught in Scripture because they are immature and don't know the Word of God.
Sadly, if I told some people to turn to the Book of “Hezekia” on a Sunday morning, they would turn to the Old Testament because it sounds like an Old Testament book. It is not even a book in the Bible! Many people haven't grown up spiritually. They might say, “I wasn't raised in the church.” Even if you were raised in the church, we all still need to grow up spiritually. And to do that, you must get into the Word of God.
God doesn't want you to remain as a baby. That is not God’s plan. God wants all of His children to mature and grow up in faith. He wants all of His children to move from eating apricot mash to T-bone steaks. But in order to experience that kind of growth and develop that kind of maturity, we need to read our Bibles, engage in Christian community, use our gifts and talents to serve others in the name of Jesus, and spend time in prayer, getting to know God on a deeper level. As we do these things on a regular basis, we will grow and mature in our walks with Jesus.
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I have that hunger for more of the Word. I have had experiences where I felt like the morning sermon was like eating a steak dinner and then the evening sermon was like having a rich dessert. I love having the Bible speak to me each time I read it.